Archive for March, 2010

RIVERSIDE, Calif., March 30, 2010 — Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, today announced that the company has integrated two polymer positive temperature coefficient (PPTC) resettable fuses into a single package. This new Multifuse® device contains twin 250V polymer PTC resettable fuses and decreases the circuit protection footprint by fifty percent on the circuit board. Designated the Bourns® Model MF-SD013/250-2, the device provides both tip and ring overcurrent protection and aids compliance with ITU-T K.20, K21 and K.45 industry standards as well as Telcordia GR-1089 intra building. Bourns® Multifuse® devices are an optimal solution for telecommunication applications including customer premise equipment and line cards.

“In response to growing demands for smaller devices that use less circuit board real estate, Bourns has innovatively packaged two Multifuse® PPTC devices together that protect both tip and ring lines into just one component instead of two,” said Paul Wiener, telecom market director for Bourns’ circuit protection products. “Bourns’ new Multifuse® products deliver superior overcurrent and overvoltage circuit protection and also comply with key industry standards.”

About Bourns
Bourns, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of automotive sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic products, microelectronic modules, trimming and precision potentiometers, panel controls and encoders and resistive products. Headquartered in Riverside, CA, Bourns serves a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, computer, industrial, instrumentation, automotive, consumer, non-critical life support medical, audio and various other market segments. Bourns® products are manufactured according to ISO-9000 standards under Six Sigma quality programs. Bourns® automotive products are manufactured in accordance with the TS16949 standard. Additional company and product information is available at the company’s website at www.bourns.com.

Bourns®, the Bourns logo and Multifuse® are registered trademarks of Bourns, Inc. and may be used only with the permission of Bourns and proper acknowledgement. Other listed names and brands are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

RIVERSIDE, Calif., March 24, 2010 — Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, today announced the introduction of four new ESD/EFT/Surge Protection series products designed to meet the space-constrained needs of portable communications, computing and video applications. The new transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diodes offer optimal protection for surge and ESD threats and are available in industry standard SMT package size formats. The new RoHS compliant* diodes comply with IEC 61000-4-2 ESD (Min. Level 4), IEC 61000-4-4 EFT, and IEC 61000-4-5 Surge industry standards. Bourns® chip diodes provide ease of manufacturability with standard pick and place equipment and the flat configuration minimizes roll away.

“Bourns designed its new series of discrete TVS diode products in response to growing customer demand for smaller components in a broad range of telecom, consumer, industrial, medical, audio and instrumentation applications,” said Ian Doyle, ESD protection product manager for Bourns. “Our new TVS diodes provide a good circuit protection solution for these applications while also meeting the highest industry standards.”

The new transient voltage suppressor diodes offer a choice of working peak reverse voltage from 5 Volts (V) up to 170 V and breakdown voltage up to 200 V. Below are additional details regarding the Bourns TVS diodes.

Diode Series Details

Series

Standoff Voltage (V)

Type of Package

Power Wattage

SMAJ

5.0-170

Surface Mount SMA

400

SMBJ

5.0-170

Surface Mount SMB

600

SMCJ

5.0-170

Surface Mount SMC

1500

SMLJ

5.0-170

Surface Mount SMC

3000

Pricing and Availability
Bourns’ new discrete TVS diodes are available now. For complete specifications and data sheets, go to Bourns’ website at http://www.bourns.com. As a pricing reference, the new TVS diode products are priced from $0.12-$0.55 in 12,000 piece quantities.

Headquartered in Riverside, CA, Bourns serves a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, computer, industrial, instrumentation, automotive, consumer, non-critical life support medical, audio and various other market segments. Bourns products are manufactured according to ISO-9000 standards under Six Sigma quality programs. Bourns automotive products are manu-factured in accordance with the TS16949 standard. Additional company and product information is available at the company’s website at www.bourns.com.

Bourns® and the Bourns logo are registered trademarks of Bourns, Inc. and may be used only with the permission of Bourns and proper acknowledgement. Other listed names and brands are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

RIVERSIDE, Calif., March 23, 2010 — Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, today announced that the company has expanded its TISP® thyristor surge protector product line to include new ultra-low capacitance models that allow higher data rates to deliver improved VDSL2 performance while providing protection. The new Bourns® Models TISP4P015L1N, TISP4P020L1N, TISP4P025L1N and TISP4P035L1N address a range of popular chipset voltages. These new thyristor surge protectors are designed with a new lower capacitance process as an optimal circuit protection solution for ADSL, ADSL2, ADSL2+, VDSL and VDSL2 applications from overvoltages caused by lightning and AC line disturbances. Low capacitance reduces distortion and minimizes the effect of using circuit protection in sensitive equipment. The new devices can also be used for T1/E1 driver protection, in customer premise and central office locations and in any transformer-coupled interface, which leaves the building.

Bourns new TISP® devices are symmetrical, two-terminal thyristor-crowbar devices that can be deployed to protect from line to ground or between the differential driver conductor pair. When placed between the xDSL line driver IC and the transformer, the devices will clamp and switch into an ultra-low impedance state, safely diverting the energy and protecting sensitive equipment from dangerous overvoltage or line disturbance threats that can result in system failure.

“These new models offer significant competitive advantages for our customers,” said Beverley McKnight, product line manager for Bourns’ TISP® products. “These new protectors feature differential capacitance, typically less than 3 picofarad (pF), which makes them our lowest capacitance device. They enable reliable overvoltage protection that meets the faster data rates required by a broad range of VDSL2 applications. Bourns designed these new TISP® products to help our customers deliver high reliability and low cost solutions for their faster data rate products.”

Pricing and Availability
Bourns® Models TISP4P015L1N, TISP4P020L1N, TISP4P025L1N and TISP4P035L1N are available now. For complete specifications, go to Bourns’ website at http://www.bourns.com/ProductFamily.aspx?name=tisp. As a pricing reference, the new models are priced from $0.30 at 10,000 pieces.

About Bourns
Bourns, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of automotive sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic products, microelectronic modules, trimming and precision potentiometers, panel controls and encoders and resistive products. Headquartered in Riverside, CA, Bourns serves a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, computer, industrial, instrumentation, automotive, consumer, non-critical life support medical, audio and various other market segments. Bourns products are manufactured according to ISO-9000 standards under Six Sigma quality programs. Bourns automotive products are manu-factured in accordance with the TS16949 standard. Additional company and product information is available at the company’s website at www.bourns.com.

TISP®, Bourns® and the Bourns logo are registered trademarks of Bourns, Inc. and may be used only with the permission of Bourns and proper acknowledgement. Other listed names and brands are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

RIVERSIDE, Calif., March 3, 2010 — Bourns, Inc. today announced the company has a circuit protection solution for low-voltage control lines on generator interfaces. This advanced solution is presented in a new application note from Bourns that details how the company’s circuit protection devices provide a fast response time to protect exposed low-voltage generator terminals of the generator. This universal circuit protection solution is also important in delivering adequate circuit protection, regardless of installer experience, to guard against miswiring issues that can result in costly, dead on arrival (DOA) equipment failure. The new application note includes installation information for both line voltage (120 VAC split phase, 240 V) and low voltage signals (less than 50 V) that require a resettable overcurrent/overvoltage solution capable of handling line voltage and ESD/EFT/current surge protection to safeguard sensitive circuits.

The application note shows how a Bourns® TBU™ device combined with a multilayer oxide varistor (MOV) and zener diode provides power cross and overcurrent protection. It also describes the use of a zener diode for low voltage clamping to protect sensitive circuits and to create an avalanche current, which triggers the TBU device. Furthermore, the MOV protects the TBU device from excessive common mode voltages when exposed to ESD and EFT surge threats.

Bourns® TBU devices protect low-voltage generators from the following threats:

Power cross events that typically occur during installation from miswiring

About Bourns
Bourns, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of automotive sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic products, microelectronic modules, trimming and precision potentiometers, panel controls and encoders and resistive products. Headquartered in Riverside, CA, Bourns serves a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, computer, industrial, instrumentation, automotive, consumer, non-critical life support medical, audio and various other market segments. Bourns® products are manufactured according to ISO-9000 standards under Six Sigma quality programs. Bourns® automotive products are manufactured in accordance with the TS16949 standard. Additional company and product information is available at the company’s website at http://www.bourns.com/.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — March 2, 2010 – Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, today announced that TTI, Inc., the world’s leading authorized distributor specialist offering passive, connector, electromechanical and discrete components in the electronics industry, has awarded Bourns with their prestigious 2009 TTI Supplier Excellence Award. Additionally, TTI honored Bourns with their second Platinum award, which is the highest award level given. The Platinum achievement level requires five consecutive years of award recognition, and continuous recognition each year to maintain Platinum status. The formal award recognition ceremony will be held at the TTI Supplier Executive Breakfast Meeting during the Electronic Distribution Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

“Our TTI Supplier Excellence Program helps to foster an environment of continuous improvement in supplier and distributor performance, and these awards allow us to recognize those suppliers that have achieved outstanding performance for the year,” said Melanie Pizzey, TTI vice president, global product operations. “The goal of our Supplier Excellence program is to improve supplier and distributor performance and overall customer satisfaction. Thanks to high-achieving partners such as Bourns, we have achieved this goal once again.”

“Bourns is truly honored to be one of only seven suppliers that have met or exceeded the key performance metrics to be awarded a TTI Supplier Excellence Award,” said Dick Krass, vice president of distributor sales at Bourns, Inc. “We are also extremely honored to be one of only three suppliers to receive Platinum-level status. The entire team at Bourns is to be commended for helping achieve this distinct recognition.”

About TTI
TTI, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty distributor of passive, interconnect, electromechanical and discrete components. TTI is the distributor of choice for electronic manufacturers worldwide. TTI’s extensive product line includes: resistors, capacitors, connectors, potentiometers, trimmers, magnetic circuit protection, filters, relays, switches, sensors and discrete semiconductor devices. TTI is recognized as the industry’s leader in service and quality and provides a broad array of supply chain services to its customer base. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, TTI employs 2,000 with more than 50 locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information about TTI visit http://www.ttiinc.com.

About Bourns
Bourns, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of automotive sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic products, microelectronic modules, trimming and precision potentiometers, panel controls and encoders and resistive products. Headquartered in Riverside, CA, Bourns serves a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, computer, industrial, instrumentation, automotive, consumer, non-critical life support medical, audio and various other market segments. Bourns® products are manufactured according to ISO-9000 standards under Six Sigma quality programs. Bourns® automotive products are manufactured in accordance with the TS16949 standard. Additional company and product information is available at the company’s website at http://www.bourns.com.

Bourns® and the Bourns logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bourns, Inc. and may be used only with the permission of Bourns and proper acknowledgement. Other listed names and brands are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.